2008 Spring Convention & Trade Show Schedule & Registration Information

March 28-30, 2008
Hilton Garden Inn
Freeport, Maine

To reserve a room click here: Hilton Garden Inn PGNE/MPA reservation site
To register for the convention click here: MPA Shopping Cart

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Convention Schedule (click here to download a printable PDF)

Friday, March 28th

8 am - 4 pm: Registration & Welcome *Eagle Room Foyer
8 am - 10 am: Exhibitor’s Continental Breakfast * Jewel Room

All CE Programs will be held in the Eagle Room

8:30 am: Speaker TBA
Continuing Education: 1CE

9:30 am: Medicare Part D Medication Appeals
Maureen Dea, Esq.
Continuing Education: 1CE
Sponsored by: Maine Legal Services for the Elderly

10:30 am Break with Exhibitors/ Refreshments *Jewel Room

11 am: Mediacre Part D 2008
Adele Pietrantoni, R.Ph.
Continuing Education: 1 CE
Sponsor - CMS

Noon: Lunch with Exhibitors *Eagle room foyer

1:00 pm: Oncology Update
Tammy Mulrooney
Continuing Education: 1 CE
Sponsor: Genentec

2 pm: Break with Exhibitors/ Refreshments* Jewel Room

2:30: Conflict Management in Pharmacy Practice
Helen Meldrum, Ph.d
Continuing Education: 1CE

Saturday, March 29th

8:30 am - 4 pm Registration & Welcome: * Eagle Room Foyer

8:30 am - 10 am Exhibitor’s Continental Breakfast: *Jewel room

8:30 am - 1 pm Exhibits Open: * Jewel Room

All CE Programs will be held in the Eagle Room

9 am: Healthcare Barriers Encountered by the Gay and Lesbian Population
Cynthia Leiffer, NP
Continuing Education: 1 CE

10 am Break with Exhibitors / Refreshments * Jewel Room

10:30 am: Prescription Monitoring Program Update
Dan Eccher, OSA
Continuing Education: 1 CE
Sponsor: Maine Office of Substance Abuse

11:30am - MPA business Meeting (everyone is welcome!)

Noon: Lunch with Exhibitors *Eagle room foyer

1 pm: Role of Nutrition and Nutraceuticals in America's Health Care Crisis
Jeffrey Leighton, MD
Continuing Education: 1 CE
Sponsor: Maine Natural Health

2 pm: Mitochondrial Activation: A key to calorie Diversion, Weight Loss, Diabetes and Longevity
Jeffrey Leighton, MD
Continuing Education: 1 CE
Sponsor: Maine Natural Health

Saturday Evening Festivities!: * Eagle BallRoom

6 pm Cocktail/Social Hour
7 pm Gala MPA Banquet
8 pm Awards, Prizes & Raffle ! !
9 pm Kevin Lepine; Sponsored by H&H Wholesale Services, Inc.

Sunday, March 30th * Eagle Room

8:30 - 10am Continental Breakfast

9 am: The Value of Vaccine
TBA
Continuing Education: 1 CE
Sponsor: Glaxo Smith Kline

10am: TBA
TBA
Continuing Education: 1 CE

11am: Maine Immunization Coalition
Kevin Lewis, Executive Director, MPCA
Continuing Education: 1 CE